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  2. Craik-Patton House - Wikipedia

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    August 12, 1970. Craik-Patton House is a historic home and public museum located at Charleston, West Virginia. It was built by James Craik and his wife, Juliet Shrewsbury, in 1834 in the Greek Revival style. It was originally located on Virginia Street in Charleston, but moved to its present site in 1973 to save it from the threat of demolition ...

  3. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by the U.S. Congress through The Dismal Swamp Act of 1974. The Refuge has grown to just over 112,000 acres (45,000 ha) in size. [7] In 1805, the Dismal Swamp Canal began serving as a commercial highway for timber coming out of the swamp.

  4. Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

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    76 ha (190 acres) Established. 1977. Governing body. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve is located at the mouth of the Umgeni River in Durban North, a suburb of Durban, South Africa. [ 1] The nature reserve, proclaimed in 1977, [ 2] protects 76 hectares of a natural estuarine system, and was declared a national monument ...

  5. Clay Center (Charleston, West Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The Clay Center. The Clay Center in 2009. General information. Address. 1 Clay Square, Charleston, West Virginia 25301. Coordinates. 38°20′53″N 81°37′46″W  /  38.34811°N 81.6294°W  / 38.34811; -81.6294. Construction started.

  6. Geology of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    About 310 million years ago, the area of West Virginia was once again above sea level, but covered by vast areas of swamp. This condition prevailed for more than fifty million years, resulting in the deposition of thousands of feet of non-marine sandstone and shale, as well as the many important coal seams that we know today. The Appalachian ...

  7. Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    He has put more than US$35 million into the 35-acre eco-tourism site to preserve the last and significant mangrove woodland and wetland on Barbados. The sanctuary is home to the Graeme Hall Swamp, a mangrove swamp which was a popular tourist attraction until about 2006. However, due to an ongoing dispute between the owner and the Barbados ...

  8. Caroni Swamp - Wikipedia

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    The Caroni Swamp is a 12,000 acre swamp [3] located on the west coast of the island of Trinidad. It is one of the largest mangrove forest on the island. Caroni Swamp is protected under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. [4] The Caroni Swamp runs along the banks of the Caroni River and contains numerous channels ...

  9. Mangrove forest - Wikipedia

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    Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. [1][2] Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangrove trees cannot withstand freezing temperatures. There are about 80 different species of mangroves, all of which grow ...

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